Fuijo's CommentsMy comments to other members

Maroon/orange fb
Gabriel412

Beautiful! Clever colour scheme. The orange on the cage looks like it matches that of the decals perfectly.
11-May-2016

Almost done! just electrics left
moffman

That brings back memories. It looks great and I had forgotton how big the shell is. It must have been at least half as big as me when I had one. No wonder I was so impressed.
11-May-2016

Fuijo

Thanks guys. Pastimesteve, my wife designed the colour scheme. She will be chuffed to bits with your comment.
16-May-2016

Fuijo

Thanks guys. This kit was an utter joy to build.
I could more than happily build another 10 if I had somewhere to put them. Perhaps some sort of clever ceiling-mounting device is in order :)
18-May-2016

30th anniversary model built on the 40th anniversary
Truck Norris

Egress with buggy champ driver figure
Fuijo

Thanks Gents. I will look out for a driver that might fit, but smoking the windows will not happen. Privacy glass is a pet hate of mine. I'd rather just look at the bits of nice chassis through the windows if all else fails.
24-May-2016

Fuijo

Thanks for the comments guys. Crash Cramer, I too like the blue. I just didn't feel it went well with gold, where the darker non-metallic standard blue does. My mistake. Thanks for the tip on the springs mongoose. I might do it, but it's destined to be a basher, so not sure it's worth it. But will um and ahh about it for a bit for sure.
24-May-2016

Fuijo

Thanks Gents. I do intend to run it, but on a fairly flat but loose surface, so the chances of rolling it are kept to a minimum. I just think a light coating of road dust will make it look better in the same way that most off-road cars look better when they're dirty.
24-May-2016

Fuijo

Thanks very much for the comments chaps. Please be aware njmlondon, that it is incredibly easy to overdo the white. I believe I have gone a bit over the top here. It's not bad, but it does almost (but not quite) defeat the effort of doing the underlying camo. If you are to do it to yours I recommend far lighter coats, thinned far more than you think you need to, and even then, to leave for 24hrs before you add more just in case the white changes in intensity as it dries. You cannot be too careful. Please be warned.
2-Jun-2016

A pretty cool story
Sayroll

Excellent story. You must be very proud, and rightly so. A beautiful car!
4-Jul-2016

Lean green mean...er, shelf machine
Fuijo

Thanks very much bjorklo, neobrunox and Grumpy pants. For the first time I did all the painting and stickering before even breaking open any of the blister packs. Did the final chassis build listening to 80s music. What a nostalgic blast it was!
24-Jul-2016

Lean green mean...er, shelf machine
Fuijo

Thanks Gents, glad you like it. I was a bit worried that it would look too agricultural, but I'm really pleased with it. AndyjcClod, yes I remeber those they were nasty......but lovely, like Fab ice lollies :)
25-Jul-2016

Spare parts special!
IBIFTKH

Awesome. I love the colour you have chosen, and the comedy of these things. Makes me immediately think of that old Nintendo 64 Mario Kart game from way back. I had a lot of fun with that. Like the Damon Hill rowing-club crash helmet as well. I used to be obsessed with F1 when he was driving.
26-Jul-2016

Lean green mean...er, shelf machine
Fuijo

Thanks again for your kind comments everyone. I never could have imagined green would be so popular. A 70s revival perhaps, I've noticed brown seems popular on 1:1 cars at the moment as well.
Tamiya TS22 for anyone liking the colour enough to use it.
26-Jul-2016

Tamiya novafox (customized)
ECUpparilloT

Simply stunning! Wow!
8-Aug-2016

Fuijo

Thanks for the nice comments. @Cesco, you were correct on your 2nd guess. I got them from Canada. Sorry I don't have the link anymore.
30-Aug-2016

The one!
IBIFTKH

Very nice, and a top job on the shell. Are you going to run it?
31-Aug-2016

Nissan r91cp
speedy_w_beans

Fantastic looking car! I've just started building mine and if it looks as good as yours I'll be very pleased.

9-Oct-2016

Fuijo

Thanks speedy. :)

11-Nov-2016

Fuijo

Thanks ladies444, I found it difficult too that's for sure. You have no idea how long I've been putting off building it out of sheer cowardice!
12-Nov-2016

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